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Spotting Trouble

We're told to stay well away from thunderstorms, but how do you spot embedded ones? Airborne radar is expensive, heavy, and limited in range, and uplink-weather systems are just starting to become available. Lightning detectors — a.k.a. Strike Finder and Stormscope — have been around a while, helping small GA pilots spot thunderstorms; but they also have some serious limitations.

By Bill Kight
| November 11, 2002

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